Rahim "Habib Miyan" Khan (1870 (claimed) – 19 August 2008), of

Jaipur Jaipur (; Hindi Language, Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Rajasthan. , the city had a pop ...

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, was an Indian man who claimed to have lived to 138 years of age, though this claim is disputed. He holds the

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for the Longest retirement pension. The

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lists him as the oldest man of Jaipur, describing him in its 2005 edition as "over 120 years", but since he had no birth certificate Guinness did not recognise his claim to be the world's oldest person and the

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accepted

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to be the world's oldest person at the time, at 115 years old. Miyan's claimed birth date derives from a family tree listing a Rahim Khan born in 1869. His pension book listed his birth date as May 20, 1878. Miyan said he had been using these documents since he was discharged from the army in 1938 to claim a

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, making him the world's longest-registered old-age pensioner. In 2004 two unidentified people donated money for Miyan to go to the

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, making him purportedly the oldest Hajj pilgrim in history.Indian man's 65 years as OAP
at BBC.co.uk He was named as the Aab-e-Jaipur, ('Lustre of Jaipur') by the mayor of Jaipur. ''The Telegraph'' had reported that Rajasthan State AIDS Control Society of the

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had selected Miyan as "an icon for a long, healthy life in the era of HIV and AIDS."

References

External links

''India Server'' website covering Miyan's death
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miyan, Habib 2008 deaths Year of birth uncertain Place of birth missing Place of death missing Indian Muslims Longevity myths People from Jaipur Year of birth unknown